Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Gayola payments were made from bar owners to the police in what the police referred to as gratuities [5] instead of bribes. The media's reporting at the time, the San Francisco Chronicler and Examiner the main two media outlets following the trials, portrayed the scandal in line with the police's recounting of events.
The maximum penalty is imprisonment for 10 years and a fine of the greater of $100,000 or twice the amount obtained in violation of the section. [ 1 ] Subsection (a)(1)(B) prohibits such agents and employees from soliciting or accepting bribes and gratuities in connection with any business transaction involving $5,000 or more.
He was convicted of accepting an illegal gratuity, and theft and conversion of government property. He was sentenced to six months in prison. [284] Victor D. Cohen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, was the 50th conviction obtained under the Ill Wind probe when he pleaded guilty to accepting bribes and conspiring to defraud the ...
More recently in 2010, Justin Collison, the son of a Sanford Police Department lieutenant, assaulted a homeless black man outside a bar, and officers who responded to the scene released Collison without charges. After a video of the incident surfaced, Collison eventually surrendered to police. The police chief at the time was ultimately forced into
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down part of a federal anti-corruption law that makes it a crime for state and local officials to take gifts valued at more than $5,000 from a donor who had ...
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Police officers convicted of accepting bribes" The ...
Pages in category "Politicians convicted of illegal gratuities under 18 U.S.C. § 201" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .